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Inspired by the ease and elegance of the technological innovation demonstrated in aircraft, sailing boats and space flight, Richard Horden has attained a new architecture characterised by the intelligence of its construction and the radical minimisation of materials used. His concept of "touch the earth lightly" is not only evident in large-scale projects such as Wing Tower, a rotating tower for Glasgow, but also in his micro-architectural studies – experimental minimal constructions – which explore the architectonic relationship between high-tech lightweight constructions and nature. This richly illustrated exhibition catalogue presents the wide spectrum of Richard Horden's activities as architect and professor on the threshold of the third millenium. ©Amazon.com
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Light-Tech – dieser Begriff meint eine leichte, fast gewichtslose Bauweise, mit leichten Materialien und Elementen, in eleganten technischen Konstruktionen. Sie ist für die Details von Möbeln und Inneneinrichtungen ebenso anwendbar wie für Wohnhäuser, Bürobauten oder Brücken. Sie arbeitet mit Materialien wie Aluminium, Glas oder Titan und hinterläßt als ästhetische Wirkung den Eindruck von Beweglichkeit, Offenheit und Transparenz. Dieses Buch stellt erstmals die Light-Tech-Architektur Richard Hordens in einer Monographie umfassend dar. Richard Horden war zunächst in der Marine- und Aerospace-Industrie tätig, hat dann bei Grimshaw & Partner und Norman Foster gearbeitet, aber sich auch von Buckminster Fuller und Jan Kaplicky anregen lassen und leitet inzwischen ein eigenes Architekturbüro in London. Aus dem Inhalt: - Innovative Einflüsse - Unterwegs zur Mikroarchitektur - Experimenteller Technologietransfer - Aerodynamik und Architektur - Neue Formen - Strategie der Transparenz - Haus-Studien - Materialien. ©Amazon.com
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More and more architects (as well as their clients) are becoming aware of the benefits of prefabricated architecture. Here is a first-ever look at the light, modular, dismantlable, transportable, mobile, adaptable, self-supporting, and recyclable projects that make life easier for 21st-century nomads! Featuring over 25 extraordinary projects designed by progressive architects, PreFab takes a look at an assortment of intriguing prefabricated buildings whose functions range from single-family houses and guest pavilions to offices and bars. Filled with 300 full-color examples and 50 architectural plans by the designers themselves, PreFab will prove to become the definitive reference for architects, contractors, homeowners, and anyone else interested in creating a prefabricated structure. ©Amazon.com
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Prefabricated construction is a hot topic in architecture these days, and for good reason. Prospective homebuilders around the world are gravitating to prefab as an environ-mentally responsible and cost-effective way to achieve that holiest of grails: an affordable, well-designed house. If you're hoping to jump onto this bandwagon or are just interested in what prefab building really entails, Prefab Prototypes is required reading. While other prefab books on the market show what can be done, dangling pretty pictures of affordable homes before your starry eyes, Prefab Prototypes takes you to the next step—it shows you how.
Architects Mark Anderson and Peter Anderson have been working with prefab buildings for more than fifteen years. With Prefab Prototypes, they break prefab down into six systems, from most flexible to most complicated—panelized wood framing, sandwich paneling, steel framing, timber framing, concrete systems, and modular systems. Each chapter delves into the benefits and drawbacks of its respective method, and features detailed plans, sections, and photographs of projects they've completed that use each of these systems. The resulting book is both a lush depiction of their prefab output as well as an in-depth analysis that will prepare you for taking the plunge into prefab building. If you're familiar with the prefab trend and want to graduate to the next level, Prefab Prototypes is your guide. ©Amazon.com
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The allure of mobile, portable architecture is worldwide and centuries old, from the desert tents of the bedouin to the silvery capsules of the Airstream trailer. Mobile explores the ever-growing range of possibilities of portable, demountable, and mobile structures. Jennifer Siegal brings together the work of the most interesting contemporary designers of dynamic, active structures, whose work ranges from the microenvironment of a house that literally attaches to your body to the city-scaled macroenvironment of London's Millennium Dome, from the interior of a Boeing jet to an entire mobile community whose living units plug into a framework of flexible communal space, and from the practical design of transportable office space to the whimsical design of Pink Floyd's The Wall stage set. All of the designs celebrate the lightness, transience, and practicality that mobile architecture makes possible. Mobile includes work by Office of Mobile Design, LOT/EK, Vito Acconci, Doug Jackson/LARGE, Mark Fisher, Michael Fox, FTL Happold, Festo, and Lawrence Scarpa. In beautiful color images, detailed drawings, and thoughtful text, the contributors reveal their working methods. ©Amazon.com
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In an age of "McMansions," this international survey of the latest in residential architecture proves that small is beautiful-and responsible. The houses profiled are designed to make maximum use of the smallest possible footprint in order to protect the environment. The houses profiled here prove that efficiency as well as beautiful, thoughtful design can be had in a tiny setting. Each project includes a case history describing its design challenges and how the architect overcame them, a detailed blueprint for each house, full-color photos of the interior and the exterior, and plans of the layout. This book will be an inspiration to anyone in the interior design or residential architecture field as well as to anyone considering a second home, and proves that environmentally responsible design principles are not just a style but a philosophy for sustainable living. ©Amazon.com
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